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Aluminium Design and Construction John Dwight

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8.7.9 Effect of simultaneous side moment<br />

Any tendency of a beam to fail by LT buckling, due to major axis<br />

moment, will be aggravated if minor axis moment acts too. In such a<br />

case the member may be checked using the following requirement taken<br />

from BS.8118:<br />

(8.39)<br />

where: M – x , M– y =equivalent uniform moments under factored loading,<br />

Mcy =calculated minor axis moment resistance of the section,<br />

S, pb =as defined in Section 8.7.2.<br />

Apart from this requirement, the cross-section must be able to resist the<br />

combined action of the moments M x <strong>and</strong> M y arising at any point on the<br />

span, treated as a case of unsymmetrical bending (Section 8.2.9).<br />

As written, the above applies to bisymmetric <strong>and</strong> monosymmetric<br />

sections. It may also be used for a skew-symmetric shape, with x <strong>and</strong><br />

y changed to u <strong>and</strong> v.<br />

8.8 BEAM DEFLECTION<br />

8.8.1 Basic calculation<br />

So far this chapter has been concerned with strength (limit state of<br />

static strength). For aluminium beams, it is also important to consider<br />

stiffness (serviceability limit state) because of the relatively low elastic<br />

modulus. This consists of calculating the elastic deflection � E under<br />

nominal loading <strong>and</strong> checking that it does not exceed the permitted<br />

value � L (Section 5.1.4). For non-slender sections, � E can be calculated<br />

from st<strong>and</strong>ard deflection formulae, taking E=70 kN/mm 2 <strong>and</strong> the inertia<br />

I as that for the gross section. HAZ effects may be ignored.<br />

In cases of unsymmetrical bending (Section 8.2.9), the designer must<br />

resolve the applied loading into components parallel to the two principal<br />

axes <strong>and</strong> calculate the corresponding components of deflection, which<br />

are then combined vectorially. Figure 8.26 illustrates the case of a typical<br />

Z-section under vertical loading, for which the horizontal deflection<br />

exceeds the vertical deflection.<br />

8.8.2 Beam of slender section<br />

When a beam has a cross-section classified as slender, it is possible that<br />

local buckling of elements on the compression side will reduce the effective<br />

stiffness <strong>and</strong> thus lead to increased deflection. The designer can allow<br />

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